Two quizzed over 1994 pub killings

A man and a woman were being questioned today about the gunning down of six men as they watched the World Cup in a pub in Northern Ireland 12 years ago.

They were being questioned by police in Antrim about the killings in the Heights Bar in Loughinisland, County Down.

Loyalist paramilitaries were believed to have been behind the attack, which occurred while customers watched live coverage on television of the Republic of Ireland playing Italy in the 1994 USA World Cup.

Five people were also injured in the June 1994 attack by gunmen armed with an AK47 and a Czech-made rifle.

The six people who died were Adrian Rogan, a 34-year-old scrap metal contractor and father of two, 59-year-old single farmer Daniel McCreanor, 39-year-old father of four Eamon Byrne, his 35-year-old single brother-in-law Patrick O'Hare, 87-year-old Barney Green and 53-year-old Malcolm Jenkinson, a father of three and a building contractor.